The Sandcastle

We’ve been talking about getting a car to tow ever since we started talking about buying a bigger motorhome. After much discussion we decided we’d buy a Honda CR-V because Dave wants all-wheel drive so he can explore roads like this one–look for the backwards number 3.

And go places like this.

After looking at some of the roads he’d like to drive he decided we should look at Jeeps. So we did.

The Jeep Wrangler is too tall for me to get into. The Jeep Liberty doesn’t have enough foot room on the passenger side to accommodate my cranky knees. The two Dodges we looked at also had the lack of foot space problem. We didn’t even bother looking at the Ford he thought might work.

So now the view in our backup camera looks like this.

And the side view of our motorhome looks like this.

And the car that’s following us looks like this.

Yup. It’s a Honda CR-V. Amazing how that worked out, isn’t it?

TTYL,

Linda

In the midst of all the work it takes to move into and furnish a new RV we decided we needed to take a play day. So we made a day trip to Hoover Dam.

After a long drive over we turned in to the parking garage where we saw this statue.

Here’s the view from level three of the parking garage towards the new visitor center down the hill and across the street which made me wish we had my Segway with us. I made the walk down OK but had to take a break coming back up. I’m sure glad my cane has a seat on it so I could take that break. And I’m glad I didn’t have my Segway because the slopes coming out of the parking garage were intimidating to say the least.

Turning the other way you see the new bridge they are building that will route traffic away from the dam visitor traffic. When the new route is done, the old route will be closed on the Arizona side. You will still be able to drive across the dam from the Nevada side with a turn around on the Arizona side sending you right back across again. If you make it past the security checkpoint, that is. We saw a utility trailer turned back and were glad we were driving a rental car since RVs had much more detailed checks than we did.

And here’s the dam itself.

We both went down to the visitor center where we saw a film about the building of the dam. Then  I sat people watching and reading my book while Dave went on a tour. Here’s bunch of pictures he took on the tour.

And here’s a few of Lake Mead behind the dam.

As you can see, it was a good day to go play.

TTYL,

Linda